Mexico’s Next Chapter

[theworldismine13]

Mexico’s Next Chapter
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/opinion/mexicos-next-chapter.html?src=rechp

ON Sunday, Mexicans turned out in large numbers to vote for change — a change in priorities and approach, and a generational change focused on can-do governing. I am honored that, in me, Mexicans saw that opportunity for change and a new direction.

There may be considerable hand-wringing in the international community that my election somehow signifies a return to the old ways of my party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI, or a diminished commitment in Mexico’s efforts against organized crime and drugs. Let’s put such worries to rest.

This campaign was about two things. First was the improvement of economic conditions for millions of struggling Mexicans whose daily lives have been touched by the anemic economic growth, which the Mexican National Institute of Statistics says averaged 1.7 percent between 2000 and 2010. Second was an end to the polarization that has paralyzed our politics, making impossible urgently needed reforms in the energy sector, labor markets, education and social security, to mention a few. We cannot postpone those changes any longer.

To those concerned about a return to old ways, fear not. At 45, I am part of a generation of PRI politicians committed to democracy. I reject the practices of the past, in the same way I seek to move forward from the political gridlock of the present. My generation’s objective is not ideology or patronage, but measurable success at liberating Mexicans from poverty. That is how I governed the State of Mexico, the country’s most populous, from 2005 to 2011.

I will govern with pragmatic realism and a clear, long-term strategy. Developing countries like India, China and Brazil have shown the way to significant and lasting poverty alleviation through institutional reforms and economic policies focused on growth. It’s time for these improvements to come to Mexico.

I want to address the issue of organized crime and drug trafficking head-on. There can be neither negotiation nor a truce with criminals. I respect President Felipe Calderón for his commitment to ending this scourge; I will continue the fight, but the strategy must change. With over 60,000 deaths in the past six years, considerable criticism from human-rights groups and debatable progress in stemming the flow of drugs, current policies must be re-examined.

Indeed, I’ve proposed initiatives that will result in a marked increase in security spending and have set as a public goal slashing violent crime significantly.

What must be improved is coordination among federal, state and municipal crime-fighting authorities. I will create a 40,000-person National Gendarmerie, a police force similar to those in countries like Colombia, Italy and France, to focus on the most violent rural areas. I will expand the federal police by at least 35,000 officers and bolster intelligence-gathering and analysis. I will consolidate the state and municipal police forces and provide greater federal oversight, to crack down on corruption within their ranks. I will propose comprehensive criminal law reform. I have already sought out the advice of Gen. Óscar Naranjo, who recently retired as Colombia’s national police chief and is one of the world’s top crime fighters.

But for these security measures to have a long-term impact, the international community must understand two things. First, these efforts must be married with strong economic and social reforms. You can’t have security without stability. Second, other nations, particularly the United States, must do more to curtail demand for drugs.

I hope our neighbors will join us not only in confronting crime and drugs, but also on many other issues of mutual concern. We should build on the North American Free Trade Agreement, which took effect in 1994, as an engine of growth by further integrating our economies through greater investments in manufacturing, finance, infrastructure and energy.

I similarly intend to start a new era of economic and political cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region, and strengthen our relationship with the European Union. And as the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country, Mexico has a large role to play — economically, culturally and politically — in Latin America and the Caribbean. Last but not least, I would welcome the implementation of comprehensive immigration reform in the United States. Experts agree that there are now more Mexicans coming back to Mexico than those leaving my country to find jobs in the United States. This new reality should make the immigration debate in the United States less divisive.

In 2000, the eyes of the world were on Mexico as the PRI, for the first time in seven decades, transferred power peacefully to a different party. Since then, Mexico has evolved considerably, becoming more modern and dynamic. However, this period has also included plenty of missed opportunities, with important political and economic reforms left undone. Achieving our country’s full potential is my mission as Mexico’s next president.

 

[Loud Still Coolin]

mexico aint been the same since

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQpyirb9yr8&feature=related"]$296 Million DOLLAR DRUG BUST - YouTube[/ame]

 

[SquirtleSwag]

instead of doing the logical thing and eliminating the black market, lets just watch our country crumble before our eyes because we don't want to offend the drug warriors in america!

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

instead of doing the logical thing and eliminating the black market, lets just watch our country crumble before our eyes because we don't want to offend the drug warriors in america!

it's deeper than that.
people get paid to fight the drug war.
people get paid to incarceration dealers, suppliers and users.
not only that, the laws put in place are enforced unevenly.
a man in the Bronx can get caught with a gram of crack on the corner and get 5 years.
a man can get caught with a gram of powder cocaine outside of a club in Manhattan and get a slap on the wrist.

don't hold me to those numbers, i'm just trying to make a point.
the point is that the drug war is a tool to oppress the impoverished.

middle class police arresting middle and lower class drug offenders is a
divide and conquer technique.

 

[SquirtleSwag]

it's deeper than that.
people get paid to fight the drug war.
people get paid to incarceration dealers, suppliers and users.
not only that, the laws put in place are enforced unevenly.
a man in the Bronx can get caught with a gram of crack on the corner and get 5 years.
a man can get caught with a gram of powder cocaine outside of a club in Manhattan and get a slap on the wrist.

don't hold me to those numbers, i'm just trying to make a point.
the point is that the drug war is a tool to oppress the impoverished.

middle class police arresting middle and lower class drug offenders is a
divide and conquer technique.

I don't think that is the intention though, its just a consequence.

 

[theworldismine13]

I don't think that is the intention though, its just a consequence.

It sounds cooler that way tho when it's a conspiracy theory

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

I don't think that is the intention though, its just a consequence.

it's been going on forever.
China's Opium war

French Connection and Vietnam...dead American soldiers being sent back to the states with heroine hidden inside of their bodies.

Iran-Contra Affair...Freeway Willy...Air America...

It sounds cooler that way tho when it's a conspiracy theory

not a conspiracy theory. it's fact.
i provided enough stepping stones for you to take that journey with this post for you to find out the truth.

 

[SquirtleSwag]

it's been going on forever.
China's Opium war

French Connection and Vietnam...dead American soldiers being sent back to the states with heroine hidden inside of their bodies.

Iran-Contra Affair...Freeway Willy...Air America...




not a conspiracy theory. it's fact.
i provided enough stepping stones for you to take that journey with this post for you to find out the truth.

its not a tool to oppress the poor people. It disproportionately affecting poor people is an unintentional outcome of the drug trade and the drug war.

 

[theworldismine13]

not a conspiracy theory. it's fact.
i provided enough stepping stones for you to take that journey with this post for you to find out the truth.

That sounds really cool, like a detective novel

 

[lachreyatarbabypits]

mexico aint been the same since

$296 Million DOLLAR DRUG BUST - YouTube

Who the fukk keeps that much cash around? nikkas acting like they never heard of shady accountants and swiss bank accounts.

 

[lachreyatarbabypits]

I don't think that is the intention though, its just a consequence.

Oh no its definitely intentional. It keeps the majority of that community oppressed while having a few prosper in it to put that money back into the economy.

 

[Loud Still Coolin]

Who the fukk keeps that much cash around? nikkas acting like they never heard of shady accountants and swiss bank accounts.

thats the world record right there breh

all that cash found in mexico was AMERICAN MONEY !!!!

what recession?

o yea and it was a chinaman crib they found it at in mexico also. very strange

 

[lachreyatarbabypits]

thats the world record right there breh

all that cash found in mexico was AMERICAN MONEY !!!!

what recession?

o yea and it was a chinaman crib they found it at in mexico also. very strange

Lol not strange at all. The Chiney bwoy a sell off all di drug dem and provide all di drug fi di Mecixan dem.

 

[Loud Still Coolin]

Lol not strange at all. The Chiney bwoy a sell off all di drug dem and provide all di drug fi di Mecixan dem.

thats a lot of cash though to be piling around

shyt got me trappin ain dead

 

[88m3]

There will never be another chapter in Mexico